GHSA-p9m8-27x8-rg87

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    GHSA-p9m8-27x8-rg87

    Published: 15 Nov 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Critical vulnerability found in cron-utils

    Details: ### Impact A Template Injection was identified in cron-utils enabling attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. Versions up to 9.1.2 are susceptible to this vulnerability. Please note, that only projects using the @Cron annotation to validate untrusted Cron expressions are affected. ### Patches The issue was patched and a new version was released. Please upgrade to version 9.1.6. ### Workarounds There are no known workarounds up to this moment. ### References A description of the issue is provided in [issue 461](https://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils/issues/461) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: Open an issue in the [cron-utils Github repository](https://github.com/jmrozanec/cron-utils)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.cronutils:cron-utils

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.cronutils/cron-utils

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.1.6

    Affected versions

    1.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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